1973 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.

12 teams entered the Americas Zone split across two sub-zones, the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. 5 teams played in each of the sub-zone's preliminary rounds, with two teams progressing to each sub-zone's main draw to join the previous year's finalists the United States and Chile. The winners of each sub-zone main draw then played against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.^[1]

The United States defeated Mexico in the North & Central America Zone final, and Chile defeated Argentina in the South America Zone final.^[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Chile and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.^[4]

North & Central America Zone[edit]

Preliminary rounds[edit]

Draw[edit]

	First Round 23–25 February					Qualifying Round 9–11 March
	Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
	Colombia		4
						Bogotá, Colombia
	Canada		1
						Colombia		3
						Caribbean/West Indies		2
	bye
	Caribbean/West Indies
	Mexico
						Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
	bye
						Mexico		4
						Venezuela		1
	bye
	Venezuela

First round[edit]

Colombia vs. Canada

Colombia 4	Bogotá, Colombia[5] 23–25 February 1973 Clay		Canada 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Iván Molina Mike Belkin 9 7           retired 2 Jairo Velasco Tony Bardsley 5 7 6 1 6 3 6 1     3 Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco Tony Bardsley / Donald McCormick 6 3 6 4 6 3       4 Javier Restrepo Tony Bardsley 6 8 5 7 1 6       5 Jairo Velasco Donald McCormick 6 2 6 3 7 5

Qualifying round[edit]

Colombia vs. Caribbean/West Indies

Colombia 3	Bogotá, Colombia[6] 9–11 March 1973		Caribbean/West Indies 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Iván Molina Richard Russell 6 3 6 1 6 4       2 Jairo Velasco Leo Rolle 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco Alan Price / Michael Valdez 3 6 4 6 6 1 6 0 4 6   4 Jairo Velasco Richard Russell 3 6 6 3 6 3 4 6 2 6   5 Iván Molina Leo Rolle 6 3 6 1 6 0

Mexico vs. Venezuela

Mexico 4	Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[7] 9–11 March 1973 Clay		Venezuela 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raúl Ramírez Jorge Andrew 6 2 6 4 6 3       2 Vicente Zarazúa Humphrey Hose 5 7 3 6 6 3 1 6     3 Raúl Ramírez / Vicente Zarazúa Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose 6 4 6 2 6 2       4 Raúl Ramírez Humphrey Hose 6 2 6 4 7 5       5 Vicente Zarazúa Jorge Andrew 6 4 6 4 6 3

Main Draw[edit]

Draw[edit]

	Semifinals 23–25 March					Final 11–13 May
	United States		4
						Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
	bye
						United States		4
	Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
						Mexico		1
	Mexico		5
	Colombia		0

Semifinals[edit]

Mexico vs. Colombia

Mexico 5	Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[8] 23–25 March 1973 Clay		Colombia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raúl Ramírez Iván Molina 6 3 6 8 6 4 6 2     2 Joaquín Loyo Mayo Jairo Velasco 5 7 6 2 5 7 6 3 7 5   3 Raúl Ramírez / Vicente Zarazúa Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco 6 3 3 6 8 6 6 3     4 Joaquín Loyo Mayo Iván Molina 2 6 6 4 6 1 6 3     5 Raúl Ramírez Jairo Velasco 6 1 6 3 6 3

Final[edit]

Mexico vs. United States

Mexico 1	Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[2] 11–13 May 1973 Clay		United States 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raúl Ramírez Tom Gorman 6 4 6 2 6 3       2 Joaquín Loyo Mayo Harold Solomon 5 7 4 6 5 7       3 Raúl Ramírez / Vicente Zarazúa Tom Gorman / Erik van Dillen 5 7 14 12 3 6 4 6     4 Raúl Ramírez Harold Solomon 6 8 5 7 5 7       5 Luis Baraldi Dick Stockton 6 2 1 6 3 6 6 8

South America Zone[edit]

Preliminary rounds[edit]

Draw[edit]

	First Round 23–25 February					Qualifying Round 2–4 March; 23–25 March
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	Argentina		5
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	Ecuador		0
						Argentina		4
						Brazil		1
	bye
	Brazil
	Uruguay
						Punta del Este, Uruguay
	bye
						Uruguay		0
						South Africa		5
	bye
	South Africa

First round[edit]

Argentina vs. Ecuador

Argentina 5	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[9] 23–25 February 1973 Clay		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Guillermo Vilas Ricardo Ycaza 6 2 6 3 6 2       2 Julián Ganzábal Miguel Olvera 6 4 8 6 6 2       3 Ricardo Cano / Guillermo Vilas Miguel Olvera / Ricardo Ycaza 6 4 6 3 6 4       4 Héctor Romani Ricardo Ycaza 6 1 6 1 6 2       5 Guillermo Vilas Miguel Olvera 6 3 6 2 6 0

Qualifying round[edit]

Argentina vs. Brazil

Argentina 4	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[10] 23–25 March 1973 Clay		Brazil 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Julián Ganzábal José Edison Mandarino 3 6 8 6 3 6 4 6     2 Guillermo Vilas Jorge Paulo Lemann 6 2 6 3 1 6 6 2     3 Ricardo Cano / Guillermo Vilas Carlos Kirmayr / Luis Felipe Tavares 4 6 6 4 6 2 6 1     4 Julián Ganzábal Jorge Paulo Lemann 10 8 7 5 6 4       5 Guillermo Vilas Carlos Kirmayr 4 6 7 5 6 0 6 2

Uruguay vs. South Africa

Uruguay 0	Punta del Este, Uruguay[11] 2–4 March 1973		South Africa 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alberto Laborde Frew McMillan 0 6 2 6 1 6       2 Gustavo Stapf Pat Cramer 0 6 1 6 6 4 1 6     3 José Luis Damiani / Mario Laborde Pat Cramer / Frew McMillan 3 6 2 6 2 6       4 Alberto Laborde Pat Cramer 0 6 1 6 0 6       5 Gustavo Stapf Ray Moore 8 10 0 6 3 6

Main Draw[edit]

Draw[edit]

	Semifinals 13–15 April					Final 4–6 May
	Chile		3
						Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	bye		2
						Chile		3
	Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
						Argentina		2
	Argentina		4
	South Africa		1

Semifinals[edit]

Argentina vs. South Africa

Argentina 4	Montevideo, Uruguay[12] 13–15 April 1973 Clay		South Africa 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Julián Ganzábal Pat Cramer 6 2 6 0 3 6 6 0     2 Guillermo Vilas Bernard Mitton 6 1 6 3 6 4       3 Ricardo Cano / Guillermo Vilas Deon Joubert / Bernard Mitton 3 6 6 2 6 1 6 8 3 6   4 Guillermo Vilas Deon Joubert 6 2 6 2 6 1       5 Julián Ganzábal Bernard Mitton 6 3 5 7 2 6 6 2 6 2

Final[edit]

Argentina vs. Chile

Argentina 2	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[3] 4–6 May 1973 Clay		Chile 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Guillermo Vilas Jaime Fillol 6 3 6 3 6 0       2 Julián Ganzábal Patricio Cornejo 4 6 2 6 7 5 4 6     3 Ricardo Cano / Guillermo Vilas Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol 3 6 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 4   4 Guillermo Vilas Patricio Cornejo 13 11 1 6 7 9 6 3 1 6   5 Julián Ganzábal Jaime Fillol 3 6 11 9 7 5 2 6 1 6

Americas Inter-Zonal Final[edit]

United States vs. Chile

United States 4	Burns Park Tennis Club, North Little Rock, AR, United States[4] 3–5 August 1973 Hard		Chile 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tom Gorman Jaime Fillol 17 15 6 4 4 6 6 3     2 Stan Smith Patricio Cornejo 7 9 6 2 8 6 6 4     3 Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol 7 9 37 39 8 6 6 1 6 3   4 Tom Gorman Patricio Cornejo 6 3 6 1 6 1       5 Stan Smith Jaime Fillol           not played

The doubles match between Smith/van Dillen and Cornejo/Fillol set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a doubles rubber (122). The second set, which went to 37-39, set the record for the most games played in a set (76).^[13]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Davis Cup official website